John Reed, Jr.

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John Reed, Jr. (son of John Reed, Sr.), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in West Bridgewater, Mass., September 2, 1781; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1803; tutor of languages in that institution for two years and principal of the Bridgewater (Mass.) Academy in 1806 and 1807; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Yarmouth, Mass.; elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817); elected to the Seventeenth through Twenty-third Congresses, elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress, and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1841); chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Twenty-second Congress); declined to be candidate for reelection in 1840; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1845-1851; died in West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Mass., November 25, 1860.

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Preceded by:
Isaiah L. Green		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district
March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1815		 Succeeded by:
William Baylies
Preceded by:
Laban Wheaton		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817		 Succeeded by:
Walter Folger, Jr.
Preceded by:
Walter Folger, Jr.		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th congressional district
March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1841		 Succeeded by:
Henry W. Dwight
Preceded by:
Henry H. Childs		 Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1844 – 1851		 Succeeded by:
Henry W. Cushman
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